Two things I picked up at last week’s Alternative Press Fair were Depressed Cat’s guide to Alternative Press and DIY Zines and Isabel Greenberg’s If I Could Only See Around Corners. The first is a tiny, tiny history of zines as told by Depressed Cat and was created by Lizz Lunney especially for the day and for the upcoming Brighton Zine Fair. A great way of explaining zines to people who don’t know and it fits in your pocket. If I Could Only See Around Corners is a ‘visual diary’, day to day stories of life captured as comics. I’m just kicking myself that I didn’t get the second part of the journal on the day too, because it really made me laugh (Isabel is funny and Isabel’s friends are funny) and i really hate just reading part one of something. You can find the journals and other self-published graphic novels at www.isabelnecessary.com .